TOTAL animal lover right here. I'm embarrassed to admit how much of my life revolves around my dog.. taking him hiking, running, to Petsmart, to parks.. it's ridiculous. I also have an obese kitty cat.. she is hands down the most chill, sweetest, mild tempered animal I've seen. AND they fucken love eachother! They hang outside with eachother for hours, and curl up at the foot of my bed together. They perceive eachother as part of the pack. I had the cat before the dog, and when he was growing she did put him in check from time to time. TO this day, if he pisses her off (and it takes ALOT) I have the luxory of witnessing her ears go flat, and then she thumps him (no nails) two or three times on the head really fast. =D It sounds morbid, but you'd have to see it in action. He went through a dominance phaze where he would some times open up his huge Boxer mouth.. and put it over her head! He didnt bite down, or try to hurt her.. but it was wild to see. She'd just sit there and take it! Thankfully he stopped doing it.. but I should have let our pet sitter know about it because one time she came into the room to find this and flipped the fuck out. Yes, animals are really amazing. If I could take in every dam lost cat or dog I came across, without ending up on some kind of intervention show, I'd probably do it.